CHRIS HEMSWORTH Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) dir. Taika Waititi

BUCKY BARNES + HIS “AWESOME” METAL ARM 

BONUS :) 

Frank Grillo as Sarge in “End of Watch” (2012)

Captain America: Civil War (2016) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Episode 6: One World, One People (2021)

Frank Grillo, “Boss Level”

Gun Terms for Writers

As someone who writes fics with action sequences and the use of guns, I thought maybe it would be helpful to pass some things on. Even though I’ve done lots of research and talked with family members (I live in WI which is a big hunting state and we have lots of guns), I still catch myself making mistakes with specific terms and their usage. Reading more James Bond fics lately, I catch others making mistakes also. So here is a little guide to help writers. 

So yeah! Here are just a few basic tips if you want to write a fic where a character uses guns. 

I see you’ve got terminology down, now let’s go for a little technicality. 

Other helpful tips:

A few things I have to add to this:

The caliber of a round is usually measured in either millimeters or in hundredths of an inch. One “unit” of caliber, I guess, is one one-hundredth of an inch. For example, a 45-caliber round has a .45 inch diameter (which is why it’s called a .45).  DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH MILLIMETERS. .45 mm is NOT 45-caliber.

Common cartridges measured in millimeters with their respective calibers:

Rifles:

Handguns:

(*the measurement you’re more likely to see for each cartridge.)

In the case of rifles, cartridges meant for civilian use are usually designated as .223, .300, .308, etc. Designations such as 5.56mm, 7.62mm, etc. are usually indicative of military-grade ammunition. This is not always true, but usually that’s how it is.

Military-grade bullets are held to higher standards and typically cause more stress on the internal mechanism, and the guns they’re meant for are built to handle that. They can also handle civilian ammunition. It doesn’t work the other way around, however. Do not attempt to use military-grade ammunition in a civilian-model firearm that hasn’t been modified to handle it.

A few different kinds of cartridges:

- Full metal jacket, which gives increased penetration capabilities but doesn’t do much in the ways of expansion. Risky to use in situations with a lot of innocents around, as often they can over-penetrate and go on to hurt someone behind the target.

- Hollow-points, which expand like crazy when they hit something, causing massive internal damage to their target. Outlawed in warfare under the Hague Convention of 1899, but can be used by civilians.

- Soft-points, which serve as a happy medium between the penetration capabilities of full metal jacket rounds and the expansion of hollow-point rounds.

- Shot, usually rat-shot or snake-shot, which can be fit in bullets and used to kill small vermin at close range without doing a whole lot of damage to the surrounding area.

- Sub-sonic, which have a lower muzzle velocity and effective range, but will decrease the chance of overpenetration. This is also the ideal ammo choice for weapons fitted with suppressors, as subsonic rounds avoid the “crack” of a sonic boom that other bullets can make upon leaving the barrel.

Seems some people need some help with writing action-y stuff with bang bangs. If you’re one of them, here ya go...

Some guns actually do use a clip when firing. Most people are familiar with an M1 Garand from wwii movies/Band of Brothers/etc. Clips are not exclusive to loading. Keep this in mind if writing period stuff.

That “kick” is called recoil and is the result of actually 2 events basically simultaneously occurring: the primary recoil of the bullet leaving the barrel and the secondary of the hot, expanding gas behind the bullet. It is easily managed through proper grip/placement and hold.

There are reasons why you get a “click” and not a bang, sometimes even if you think you’ve fired your last round but aren’t in slide lock: failure to fire (bad round), extraction failure, loading malfunction, limp wristing a semiautomatic, unseated magazine, defective magazine/bad spring. Most productive solution: tap and rack- makes sure the mag is seated and clears the chamber/extracts the last round or spent casing and loads the next round, if the mag isn’t empty.

“Stands” are not required for sniper rifles. Yes, those rifles are larger and heavier than long guns you typically think of (M4, M16,ARs), but they can be fired from standing positions or supported prone or sitting positions. Just ask those sexy scout snipers about how they do. A typical sniper rifle weighs about 26-29ish lbs (ex. McMillan TAC 50- 26lbs, Barrett M107- 28.5) depending on accessories, meaning it can easily be hand held and fired. The “stand” is actually a foldable bi-pod mounted on a rail below the hand guard on the gas tube of rifles and can be used on a wall or other raised surface for standing or sitting positions and most often seen in use when proned out. Rails are also where your weapon light/laser/scope/red dot/M79 or M203 (40mm)/forward grip/etc will be mounted.

A 5.56 rifle can also shoot .223. This is not reversible.

Regardless of the ammo being used, be attentive to how much your selected weapon can carry so you don’t fall in to the “unlimited ammo” trope and forget about reloads or running out of ammo. Most compact/concealed carry weapons will hold 6-10 rounds depending on extended mag, stacking, and caliber. On the other end of that, you can have a drum attached to your rifle to carry up to 100 rounds, generally. Let’s not get in to belt feds.

People in your story will never have proper hearing and eye protection on unless they are at a range. Ears will ring, or worse depending on proximity.

You can safely fire a gun with one hand and, unless you’re a shitty shot, you can still shoot with precision and control.

Not all guns have safeties. Not all guns have hammers. Be sure you know the difference if you call guns by a specific model. Some have magazine disconnects. Some don’t. Some will be disabled if they are thrown/struck hard enough and require an armorer to repair/get back online. Walking near enough to a powerful magnet may magnetize the gun and can possibly disable it by impairing movement of the firing pin for example. Shit you not.

Do not point a gun at your feet. If you’re not planning on using it, keep it out of your damn hand. Leave it holstered or on the range table/shelf. If you’d like an accidental discharge into the foot or other nearby appendage, by all means point it at your feet. Otherwise, a weapon in hand and waiting to use is best at a low ready carry that keeps the barrel/muzzle at about a 45° angle out from you, in a compressed carry/ready at the chest, or John Wick that bitch at a center axis relock.

Regardless of your carry, keep your booger hook off the bang switch until you’re ready to shoot. Better yet, ftlog just read the range rules before you ever pick up a gun.

JEREMY RENNER Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) dir. Joss Whedon

That bow <3

Daaaamn!

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That’s what Dr. Erskine saw. It’s what kept Steve alive in the 20s and 30s with a raft of ailments that should have killed him, it’s what got him through one of the bloodiest wars humanity has ever seen, that’s what kept him going when he literally lost his entire world, and that’s what we see here.

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